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New initiative to secure critical infrastructure for electricity supply

2023-04-20 Luleå University of Technology has started a collaboration with companies such as Hitachi Energy, Vattenfall, Ericsson, Telia, Metrum and IETV. The aim is to research and demonstrate how 5G technology can be used to increase the operational reliability of critical infrastructures.

58 million for new projects within the green transition

2023-04-05 Luleå University of Technology has been granted SEK 58 million by Tillväxtverket, The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and other financiers for two major projects in green transition, namely Green Transition North – smart energy systems and Green Transition North – circular economy. T...

Digitization project creates unique energy solutions

2022-08-10 Vinnova has granted the project "Digital city development - campus Skellefteå" where Luleå University of Technology collaborates with ABB, Skellefteå Kraft and Skellefteå municipality. In the project, an energy management system will be built to take on the challenge of moving power needs in time an...

Electric flights in the north may soon become a reality

2021-10-21 Electrified aviation that connects cities in northern Sweden, Finland and Norway may become a reality in the near future. Certain components are still missing, but the technical conditions already exist today, researchers from Luleå University of Technology show.

Standard for residual current device needs to be changed

2021-03-05 New types of electrical equipment can spread different types of currents, frequencies and waveforms that are not currently measured according to current standards. Therefore, the standard must be updated, according to an ongoing research project on residual current device at Luleå University of Tech...

Creates safer solar power in our homes

2020-09-23 The Swedish Energy Agency and Energiforsk have commissioned researchers at Luleå University of Technology to investigate the problem that residual current devices, which are intended to prevent serious accidents, do not always seem to work at photovoltaic systems in domestic and industrial installat...

Doctoral Student Praised at International Conference on Electricity Distribution

2019-06-18 Vineetha Ravindran, PhD student in Electric Power Engineering, received the Best Young Academic Award at the major international conference CIRED on electricity distribution held in Madrid.

Dissertation in Electric Power Engineering – Manuel Alvarez

16 Apr. 2019 09:00 – 11:30 , Hörsal A, Campus Skellefteå:

2019-03-29 Distribution Network Planning Considering Capacity Mechanisms and Flexibility

Thesis about the stability of low-frequency AC railway grids

2019-03-14 Within the research subject Electric Power Engineering, John Laury presented his doctoral thesis where he has examined the stability of low-frequency AC railway grids. These are used in a few countries, including Sweden.

Azam Bagheri received IEEE's award for best doctoral thesis in Electric Power Engineering

2019-03-14 Azam Bagheri received the award for best thesis in electric power in Sweden in 2018 by the organization IEEE in connection with their annual meeting. At the same meeting, Sarah Rönnberg, Associate professor in Electric Power Engineering, held an appreciated talk on supraharmonics.

Dissertation in Electric Power Engineering – John Laury

28 Feb. 2019 10:00 – 12:30 , Hörsal A193, Campus Skellefteå:

2019-02-25 Stability of Low-Frequency AC Railways: Models and Transient Stability

Doctoral thesis on transfer functions for power quality studies

2019-02-22 Daphne Schwanz successfully defended her doctoral thesis on transfer functions for power quality studies in wind power and PV solar plants.

Course on power quality with 30 participants from industry

2019-01-07 The research group in Electric Power Engineering has held a course over two days on power quality with 30 participants from the industry. The university's research on power quality is at the forefront and is often carried out in cooperation with Swedish companies.

Machine learning behind new methods for analyzing power quality

2018-12-11 New methods for analyzing large amounts of measurement data regarding power quality is now presented in a doctoral dissertation at Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå. The extracted information can show potential impacts of power quality disturbances and how sensitive equipment can be impro...

Dissertation Azam Bagheri

2018-11-20 Artificial Intelligence-Based Characterization and Classification Methods for Power Quality Data Analytics
7 December 2018
Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå

Doctoral student Enock Mulenga held a lecture on solar cells to students in Zambia

2018-06-13 During a visit to Zambia, doctoral student Enock Mulenga held an appreciated lecture on solar cells at Mulele Mwana skills and training centre for orphans and vulnerable children in Lusaka.

Lecture on power grids attracted a large audience

2018-03-21 The electricity industry is in a paradigm shift, with a rapidly growing number of electric cars and data centers and increased opportunities to disconnect from power grids in favor of so-called micronetics. The Great Northern in Skellefteå was filled with over 100 people in the audience when the spe...

Electric Power Engineering in the media: "future challenges for the power grid"

2018-03-16 Will the power grids cope with the load in the future as more and more people start charging their cars after work? Will electricity networks even be needed if more people start producing their own electricity via solar panels?

Popular exhibition for companies and students

2017-11-24 The exhibition SKARV was carried out for the first time in Skellefteå with successful results. Both students and companies were pleased with the exhibition and having the opportunity to connect with each other.

Electric Power Engineering in the media: electric fields disturb the healthcare

2017-11-16 Martin Lundmark, Senior Lecturer in Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, talks about electrical disturbances at hospitals in an article from Läkartidningen.

A new project will lead to better utilization of the electricity grid

2017-10-23 In a new project together with Skellefteå Kraft, the Electric Power Engineering group will develop a method for quantifying opportunities and limitations of dynamic line rating to make increase the secure transmission capacity in subtransmission electricity networks.

”Research is exciting and gratifying”

2017-10-05 Daphne Schwanz is a PhD student in Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, where she studies the impact of wind power plants when connected into the public grid.

Power Engineering in the media: "Sarah knows why hairdryers starts in the middle of the night"

2017-03-31 The Swedish paper Elinstallatören has made an article with Math Bollen and Sarah Rönnberg on the research about disturbances on the electricity grid that is conducted at Electric Power Engineering at LTU in Skellefteå.

Stochastic Planning of Smart Electricity Distribution Networks

2017-02-24 Manuel Alvarez presented his licentiate thesis in which he examines smart solutions that can be implemented in the short-term planning of the electricity distribution network in the current EU regulation.

Nailing ceremony and scholarships from Rönnbäret

2016-12-14 It was not just the Lucia celebration on this day, but also two researchers at Luleå University of Technology. Sarah Rönnberg and Robert Brännström each received SEK 300 000 in scholarship by the foundation Rönnbäret. There was also a nailing ceremony for one doctor and four licentiates.

Automatic analysis of monitoring data on voltage dips

2016-12-02 Azam Bagheri's licentiate thesis is about automated analytical methods to extract additional information from large amounts of data on voltage dip events.

The Skytteanska prize to appreciated electric power researcher

2016-06-07 Sarah Rönnberg, Associate professor of Electric Power Engineering, is awarded the Royal. Skytteanska prize to a younger researcher at Luleå University of Technology.

Power engineering group visits University Politechnica of Bucharest (UPB) in Romania

2016-05-10 The last January, one of our members paid a visit to UPB in Romania. The purpose of the visit was to discuss about possible research collaboration in subjects of common interest.

Electric Power Engineering at conference on EMC

2016-03-18 EMC stands for electromagnetic compatibility and its about when electronics interfere with other electronics. The focus of the conference was EMC in hospitals.

Visit at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China

2016-01-11 Math Bollen, Chair Professor in Electric Power Engineering, recently paid a two-day visit to our sister group at Sichuan university in Chengdu, China.

Researchers night in Skellefteå

25 Sep. 2015 08:30 – 12:00 , Campus Skellefteå:

2015-09-23 Researchers night is now celebrating 10 years in Skelleftea. Luleå University of Technology contributes with popular science lectures adapted to the upper secondary school, students and people in general. With focus in research, the university want to help to create curiosity and interest, which is ...

Power Engineering in the media: "Fluorescent and wind turbines share many problems"

2015-09-02 The newspaper Elinstallatören has written a portrait of Professor Math Bollen, Chaired Professor in Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology.

Wind power plants do not disturb as expected

2015-06-10 A new doctoral thesis by Kai Yang in Electric Power Engineering is about the extent to which wind turbines causes disturbances, known as harmonics, in the power grid. The work contributes to a better understanding of disturbances associated with the expansion of wind power plants.

Nailing Ceremonies May 19th

2015-04-29 Since 2012 nailing ceremonies has been organized at Campus Skellefteå to honor our researchers in Skellefteå. The ceremony take place in the Forum building at the "Wall of Fame". The researchers shortly present their work and nail their/hang their doctoral thesis and licentiate presentation. The cer...

Electric Power Engineering celebrated its 10th anniversary

2015-02-27 The research subject Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå can look back on ten eventful years. The word snowball effect is a fitting description for the development that the electric power research have had with Math Bollen as leader.

Electric power system's future - quality and intelligence

2015-02-13 The Electric Power Research in Skellefteå celebrates 10 year anniversary.

In conjunction with the anniversary, Math Bollen, Professor in Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, holds his inaugural lecture "Electric Power System Future - quality and intelligence".

Electric power researcher visiting Professor in Córdoba

2015-01-27 A year ago, Sarah Rönnberg got her PhD in Electric Power Engineering. Shortly thereafter, she became a visiting professor at the University of Córdoba, Spain, where she along with Dr. Aurora Gil-de-Castro will be researching how the transition to LED lights affect the power grid.

Math Bollen Visited Shichuan University in Chengdu, China.

2015-01-15 Math Bollen, professor in electric power engineering, visited Shichuan University in Chengdu, China on 29 December 2014.

Electric Power Engineering takes the next step

2014-12-05 Professor Math Bollen, an international profile in the electric power research community, is the holder of chair in the new research subject Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå.

Research yields results

2014-11-12 Four researchers from Skellefteå attended the Academic Ceremony 2014 at Luleå University of Technology. Mats Ekevad was installed as professor in Wood Technology. Sarah Rönnberg, Magnus Fredriksson and Nicholas Etherden who previously defended their Doctoral Thesis were conferred, ie, received the ...

In the media: kick-off meeting for the Bachelor in Electrical Power Engineering

2014-09-12 Teachers and representatives from 13 companies met this year's batch of new students when the Bachelor Programme in Electrical Power Engineering started up in Skellefteå.

More green energy with smart grid

2014-03-26 By creating smart grids new methods to increase the amount of production from renewable energy sources can be developed. Thus, the availability of green energy from wind and sun can increase. That appears from a new doctoral thesis at Luleå University of Technology about how existing grids can recei...

Great need for well educated engineers

2014-03-03 In june 2014 the first students in the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Power Engineering programme are graduating. This unique bachelor distance learning programme was initiated by the electric power industry and started in collaboration with the three northernmost universities - Luleå University ...

Electric Power Engineering at LTU in Skellefteå continues to grow

2014-01-30 The Electric Power Engineering Group in Skellefteå is steadily increasing. The group has now been reinforced by Adjunct Professor Kailash N. Srivastava, ABB Corporate Research in Västerås, who will work 20% for LTU Skellefteå. Twelve people are now involved in the Electric Power Engineering research...

The transition to green energy

2014-01-27 As part of the transition to a more sustainable society we are changing the way we consume and produce electricity. Sarah Rönnberg, PhD at Luleå University of Technology, examined the implications this may have in her thesis.

Published:24 October 2013

Updated: 18 October 2021

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